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单词 on a first-name basis
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on a first-name basis


Quite familiar and friendly, as in Practically all the guests were on a first-name basis. This idiom alludes to the fact that using a person's given name betokens familiarity. [Second half of 1900s]

Words nearby on a first-name basis

on, Ona, on account, on account of, on a dime, on a first-name basis, on again, on-again, off-again, onager, onagraceous, on-air
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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